On an international level, the industry’s leading experts are already analyzing the revolutionary changes of Industry 5.0. Global market changes are driving individual industries towards automation at an ever-accelerating pace. The automation level of domestic small and medium-sized companies still needs to improve in many places. Still, it can be improved more quickly than many company managers think could you imagine.
Why is automation so crucial in the life of companies? Unorganized production, unexpected machine shutdowns, and inadequate maintenance cause many problems. Jams can cause a loss of prestige and severe financial damage. Automating and digitizing processes would cure most sources of error, but there are still more misconceptions about automation among SMEs.
We are too small for automation; our production processes are too specific, we do not see the chance of a return, there is no budget for it, and we need to have the appropriate specialists in-house to manage an automated system. If any arguments are familiar to you, the solution is just at your fingertips! Auware Engineering Kft., which has already accumulated considerable experience in planning, programming, modernization, and strategic consulting in production, maintenance, and standardization, became a part and critical member of the Central European Automation Holding (CEAH) in May 2021. Thus, your access to resources and highly qualified professionals specializing in industrial automation has been significantly expanded. Together with its sister companies, Automa CZ and Antra ID Kft., Auware Engineering Kft. uses synergies to meet industrial automation needs in the automotive industry and other industries.
Solutions and services
1. Process development, production optimization
Automation technology tailored to the company’s profile increases the capacity of production lines, reduces cycle times, downtime, and waste generation, and saves energy and money. Auware Engineering Kft. performs the production process analysis and proposes to make the process safer/faster. While the machines are in operation, he looks because impaired efficiency and then performs the final troubleshooting by improving the system’s weak points.
2. Industrial software development
Auware Engineering Kft.’s easy-to-use and modifiable software products are primarily used in automation. The software includes solutions supporting smaller production equipment, such as tools enabling saving from PLCs to Excel files, by providing and developing software packages for small businesses. It prepares the software and corresponding display surfaces for industrial controls according to individual requirements. Software testing can even take place at the customer’s premises. Based on the test results and customer feedback, they modify the software and rerun the test. After the software’s final version is accepted, the employees’ training and documentation handover follow.
3. Robot programming and maintenance
Planned preventive maintenance and the regular replacement of worn parts reduce the number of scraps. Auware Engineering Kft. provides outstanding support at specific intervals depending on the current state of the robot. Preventive maintenance includes regular testing and maintenance (e.g., lubrication of mechanical parts) and replacement of worn parts.
4. Design and construction of automated equipment
Auware Engineering Kft. designs and manufactures automatic and semi-automatic machines for individual purposes according to customer requirements. Whether a less complicated assembly station or a multi-robot mechanical cell requiring a high level of expertise, the company’s experienced engineering team supervises the process from design-production to installation work and warranty repairs. The (re)building of automatic machines includes the following activities:
- mechanical and electrical design,
- project management,
- switchboard production,
- installation,
- control replacement.
In automation, too, it is typical to switch to the production of another product after several months or years. This can be ensured well in advance by the intelligent planning of the machine, the workstation, or the entire production line, keeping in mind the future needs of production changes. Thus, the system will be efficiently adapted to new conditions, and Auware Engineering engineers will be able to redesign it in the future, including reprogramming according to user needs.
Automation – not just the privilege of the big ones
The automation of individual sub-processes has typically already started in domestic SMEs. Machine tool servicing, welding, or material handling is already automated at several industrial companies, but this still needs to mean a high level of digitization. We can discuss this when the production equipment is integrated into the entire supply chain with continuous data provision. Thus, it is possible to monitor how the given operation performs within the whole process. The international competence and strength of CEAH, which is behind Auware Engineering Kft., can be relied on by manufacturing companies looking for a start, as well as those that have already overcome a few steps but want comprehensive and flexible automation.
